Archive for Breastfeeding
Herbs for Pregnancy and Postpartum Class
Local herbalist and Bloom Spokane professional member Sarah Patterson is offering a new class for pregnant and postpartum women to learn about safely using herbs to treat common pregnancy-related issues. What an awesome new resource for our community!
Class is on November 16th from 6:30 – 8:30pm at the New Moon Family Wellness Center in Spokane. Cost is $10.
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Finding Friends & Support as a New Mother
We live in a world where families are separated by distance: some are voluntary, some are not. Some distances are small; some distances are thousands and thousands of miles. Whatever the case may be, you don’t realize how far the distance is until you have a child in a town where you don’t know very many people….and realize you are all alone.
I am no different. I grew up in New Jersey, and that is where my entire family still lives. Seven years ago, I moved to California (to have some youthful fun in the sun ☺ ), and I never really thought about whether I would stay 3,000 miles away from my family and friends, or if I would go back. Soon after I moved there, however, the choice was made for me when I met the man who would be my husband. After three years there, we moved here to Spokane and two and half years later I was pregnant. [...]
Birth Professionals Forum Tackles Breastfeeding
Last week was our summer Birth Professionals Forum—a quarterly meeting of birth professionals from across the region tackling our most pressing maternity care issues. The topic this quarter was breastfeeding and how to better support breastfeeding women in our community. In a room full of midwives, doulas, lactation cosultants, La Leche League leaders and WIC representatives we came up with several great ideas.
As part of this effort, Bloom Spokane created the Breastfeeding Resources Flyer which contains all of our local breastfeeding support professionals, classes, organizations and support groups. You are encouraged to print out as many copies as you’d like to hand out to friends, clients, patients or anyone else who might need support.[...]
The Value of Postpartum Support
By Xylina Weaver With the birth of a child, a new family is born. Commonly, expecting parents view the birth of their baby as the finish line. Months of planning, preparing and dreaming about your new life and your baby finally arrives. But then what? Feeding, soothing and caring for a newborn baby while also [...]
Spokane Baby Fair 2011
MARCH 14, 2011
There is power in numbers! Bloom Spokane and our fabulous group of exhibitors made a powerful statement at yesterday’s Baby Fair. Our group of 15 mother-friendly organizations and providers occupied quite a large section of the event and no one there could deny that the Spokane region is home to a wealth of information and services dedicated to helping women realize their full potential during the childbearing year. [...]
Xylina Weaver Launches Spokane Birth Support
FEBRUARY 9, 2010
After having a doula for the birth of her daughter, Xylina Weaver was convinced more women and families could benefit from the care a doula provides. She soon began her training to become a birth and postpartum doula and began working with families in 2008. Since that time, Xylina has become involved in all things mother and baby. She became a Certified Lactation Educator, volunteering with Sacred Heart’s Mother-Baby Time breastfeeding support group, a leader of Bloom Spokane, and most recently a Certified HypnoBirthing Practitioner. And now she has combined all of her services and classes under one new business, Spokane Birth Support. [...]
Spokane Breastfeeding Support Groups
JANUARY 8, 2011
Now is a wonderful time to be a breastfeeding mother. I have discovered that in Spokane there are breastfeeding support groups meeting five days a week: Monday through Friday! No longer do women need to feel alone. You don’t have to feed your baby an emergency formula bottle because you are worried that she’s not getting enough milk. You can get the breastfeeding support you need from one of our local support groups.
Eat My Placenta? Ewwww!
Most people are initially grossed out at the mention of placenta eating, including my own husband. He’s heard me talk about it numerous times with my friends, and still shutters with an audible “ughhh” every time the subject comes up. Even I thought it was weird the first time I heard it mentioned, but as a woman who has suffered postpartum depression with both of my children, I only wish that someone had told me about it before I had my babies. Once you hear how and why it works, it seems like a much better alternative to anti-depressant drugs…especially once you realize it comes to you in the form of capsules taken just like you would any other pill. [...]
Spokane’s 1st Annual Breastfeeding Walk
World Breastfeeding Week is August 1–7
Come celebrate World Breastfeeding Week in our community. Join other families as we walk together on Saturday, August 7 to network, create friendships and share. Let’s gather in large numbers to spread the joy we feel breastfeeding has given us!
World Breastfeeding Week is a great time to make our communities aware of the importance of breastfeeding and show support for local breastfeeding organizations. [...]
Breastfeeding for Working Moms
As a mom who went back to work only 2 months after my first son was born, I understand the difficult balance of trying to make a living and wanting to give your baby the gift of breast milk—liquid gold, as it is often called. There have already been many articles written about the benefits of breastfeeding and it is widely acknowledged, even by the infant formula industry, that you can’t synthesize the ingredients in breast milk that make it so invaluable to our babies health and development. Moms (and dads) often find themselves in the difficult position of having to decide the best way to care for their children AND make ends meet. [...]
